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AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

"No. 554,748. Patented Feb. 18, 18 96.

ZWDKM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' FRED W. TOBEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,748, dated February 18, 1896.

7 Application filed November 30, 1894. Renewed November 2,1895. Serial No. 567,761. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED W. TOBEY, a resident of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following, when read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, is a full and complete description, sufficient to enable IO those skilled in the art to which it pertains to understand, make, and use the same.

My invention relates to automatic registers wherein paper stored in rolls is unwound therefrom, presented on a table in convenient position to have marks made thereon, and cut into strips or sheets, some of such sheets being delivered to the person operating the machine and other or others thereof being stored in the machine. In machines of this character the paper unrolled from the rolls is exposed to view, as well as to be marked, on a table properly placed in the casing of the machine; and the object of this invention is to obtain an automatic register in which the downward and upward movement of the operating-lever (the upward movement being preferably obtained by a spring) shall automatically feed, cut into sheets, and deliver such sheets or some thereof to the person op- 50 crating the machine, and shall deliver the remainder of the sheets into a receptacle constructed therefor in the machine, from as many rolls of paper as there are to be delivered sheets at one operation of the machine.

5' Another and very important object of my invention is to obtain a machine wherein the length of the sheets delivered at any one time can be varied by the hand without changing or interfering with the automatic delivery of sheets or interfering with the automatic delivering mechanism in any way, and without changing or throwing out of gear any part of the machine.

Another object of the invention is to obtain a machine wherein the paper shall be cut by a blade operating in the manner of ordinary shears; to obtain a machine wherein the length of the sheets delivered therefrom can be readily and accurately determined; to ob- 5o tain a machine wherein a Wide variation in the length of the sheets automatically out from the rolls of paper therein can be obtained by properly adjusting the machine, and 'to obtain a simply-constructed machine of small cost which will be durable. In the drawings referred to as forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the working parts of the machine embodying my invention and of the frame therefor, such frame being separable from the casing of the machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of such working parts and frame with the lever thereof depressed to its lowest possible position in full lines and with such lever and the cutting-blade and parts connecting the cutting-blade to the lever (indicated by dotted lines) in the position in which they are placed in the operation of the machine just prior to the movement of such cutting-blade. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of such working parts and frame with the operatinglever depressed. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of such working parts and frame. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the top of the frame in which the working parts of the machine are mounted, showing an end View of the top and immovable cutting-bar, of the feeding-roller shafts and of the operating-lever, and showing in elevation the cutting-blade and the stop, (mounted on a pivoted lever,) by which the several parts mounted on the operatinglever are returned to their initial position after each operation of the machine and each return of such operating-lever to its initial position; and Fig. 6 is a detail View of the operating-lever, a secondary or auxiliary lever mounted thereon, the connecting parts between such levers, and the stop engagin g therewith in the return of the operatinglever to its initial position after the machine 0 has been operated. Fig. 7 illustrates a modification of the connecting parts between the operating lever and the auxiliary lever mounted thereon. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a thumb wheel and post thereof, such 5 thumb-wheel and post forming a part of an adjustable stop, and a cross-sectional view of a second post in which the first-named post is adjustably fitted by screw-threads, such second post forming the remainder of the stop and a sectional view of a part of the frame on which the adjustable stop is mounted.

A reference-letter applied to a given part is used to designate such part throughout the several views of the drawings wherever the same appears.

A is the frame in which the movable and operating parts of the machine embodying this invention are mounted. The casing in which this frame is placed forms no part of myinvention, and hence the same is not illustrated. Any desired shape or size can, of course, be given the casing.

a is the top of the frame A; a, the bottom;

(B, the right-hand side thereof as viewed in 7 Figs. 1 and 2, and a the left-hand side of such frame.

13 B are the shafts of the feed-rollers of the machine, B being the lower one thereof and the one actuated by the movement of the operating-lever C.

b is a feed-roller rigidly mounted on shaft B, and b is a feed-roller rigidly mounted on shaft B in such manner as to be in peripheral contact with the roller 1) when no paper is extending through the machine and between such rollers. When paper is extending through the machine and between such rollers Z) l), the under side of the under sheet or roll or strip of such paper is in contact with the periphery of the roller 1), and the upper side of the upper sheet or roll of paper is in contact with the roller 1).

B is a thumb-wheel rigidly secured on shaft B, on that portion of such shaft extending beyond side a of frame A, and by means of which shaft B and the feed-roller b can at any time be rotated in either direction.

0 is the operating-lever pivoted to frameA by pivot C in abutment a, such abutment being secured to side a of frame A.

In Fig. 1 the several parts of the autographic register are illustrated in their initial position that is, in the position thereof immediately prior to operating the machine, such being also the position of said parts after a complete operation of the machine. In this Fig. 1, what I have hereinbefore referred to as a secondary or auxiliary lever mounted on lever C is indicated by dotted lines and is lettered D. Lever D is pivotally mounted at one end thereof on the pivot C-that is, on the same pivot on which the operating-lever C is mounted. In the foreing down of the lever C from the position in which the same is illustrated in Fig. 1 to the position in which such lever G is illustrated in Fig. 2, lever D is forced down at the free end thereof by means of a connection hereinafter described. It is because of this connection that I have hereinbefore referred to the lever D as being a secondary or auxiliary lever mounted on lever C. This connection is lettered E, and is adapted to come in contact with a stop (lettered F) as the connection is brought upward in contact therewith in the upward movement of the lever D. Stop F is non-adjustable, but is movable out of an operative position by the contact therewith of the connection E, except when the levers O and D move upward synchronously. However, if the lever D is moved upward, as by the turning of the thumb-wheel B backward, (and consequent turning backward of the roller I-I,) so that the connection E is brought in contact with the stop F, moving such stop out of an operative position, and afterward the lever G is moved upward such stop is brought into an operative position and made to actuate the connection E to place the same in its initial position. The connection E is also adapted to come in contact with an immovable but adjustable stop when the lever O is carried downward by the hand of the operator in the use of the machine.

The downward movement of the lever I) in unison with the downward movement of the operating-lever O is controlled by the position of the adjustable stop G, such stop releasing, in a manner to be hereinafter described, connection E from lever C. The downward movement of the lever D controls the feeding-rollers b b of the machine through the flexible connection II. Connection II is secured at the ends thereof to lever D and extends therefrom over roller 71 rotatably mounted in frame A, and roller II, loosely mounted on shaft B and connected thereto by means of dog 71 secured on such roller H, in position to engage with ratchet-wheel H rigidly secured on shaft B.

h is a spring-forming part of flexible con nection II. This spring 71/ is not essential unless the flexible connection H makes more than one turn around the roller H on shaft B; but as I deem it necessary in order to insure the desired rotation of the shaft 13 to have such flexible connection make more than one turn around such roller II, I prefer to use such spring h. The ratcl1et-and-dog connection between the roller II and shaft B permits forward movement of thumb-wheel B and shaft B to feed paper through the ma chine by hand at all times. Backward movement of this thumb-wheel B and shaft B and ratchet-wheel Il together with feed-roller Z), is permitted whenever the lever D is below its extreme upward p0sitionthat is, when such lever D is not resting against stop (Z without slipping of the flexible connection II. on roller II, and such thumb-wheel can be turned backward at any time, thereby turning ratchet-wheel H dog 7L2, and roller ll. backward by causing such roller II to slip under the flexible connection II.

In practice it will very rarely occur that the roller will be turned backward at any time except when the lever D is belowits extreme upward position, and so such roller will not often be turned backward in a manner to slip against the frictional hold thereon of the flexible connection II.

Connection E is preferably constructed as follows: 6 is a plate having projections c c on one side thereof and projection e on the other side thereof, and such plate 6 being pivoted to lever D on pin 6 e is a slot in plate e, and E is a pin on lever D extending into the slot 6 The movement of plate 6 on pin 6 is thus limited by projection or pin E in slot 6 To maintain this plate 6 in either one of its operative positions (illustrated in Fig. 6 in one position by full lines and in the other position indicated by dotted lines) spring E is secured at one end thereof to lever D and at the other end to plate 6 by pins E E respectively.

.E E are projections on lever C. The upper one of the projections E E is in operative position with reference to the upper one of the projections e 6 when the lower ones of such projections E e are out of operative position. In other words, when the plate 6 is in the position thereof illustrated by full lines in Fig. 6, if lever C be depressed the lower one of the projections E" E on such lever G will engage with the lower one of the projections 6' e of plate 6 on lever D, and hence the lever D will be depressed by the depression of lever 0. When, however, the plate 8 is in the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 6, the lower one of the projections E will not engage with the lower one of the projections 6 e on plate e, and hence lever D will not be depressed by the depression of lever 0. Hence byplacin g the stop Gin position to engage with projection e as leverD is carried down by the depression of lever O and before lever O has reached its lowest possible position the plate e will be thrown into' the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. -6, and further depression of lever D will cease, while lever O continues downward to make a full stroke. By making the stop G adjustable I determine the downward movement of the lever D, thus determining the extent of the movement of feed-rollers b b by means of flexible connection H and the several parts engaging therewith, as hereinbefore described.

IVhen the plate 6 is in the position thereof indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6 upward movement of lever 0 brings projection E (the upper one of such projections) into engagement with the upper one of the projections e on such plate 6, and hence the lever D is raised by the raising of lever O to its initial position. I prefer to connect the spring 0 to lever O and to the frame A, so that the lever C will be returned to its initial position by the resilience of such spring after being depressed by the person operating the machine.

hen the lever D, having been depressed to its lowest determined position, (controlled by the stop G, as described,) is at rest and the lever O is maintained in a depressed position, the feed-rollers may be turned forward or backward by the thumb-wheel B If the feed-rollers be turned backward a sufficient distance the lever D will be thereby raised (by means of the flexible connection H) until the projection e on plate 6 is in contact with tlze stop F and may then be raised still farther, thereby turning plate' f of such stop 011 its pivotal bearing f (post f being raised by projection 6 and until such leverD is in contact with stop d, (see Fig. 2;) but such raising of the lever D and such contact of the projection 6 with the post f will not reverse the position of the plate 6 from that indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6 to that illustrated by the full lines in said Fig. 6; but when the plate 2 is in the position indicated by the dotted lines in'said Fig. 6 the upward movement of the lever 0 brings the upper one of the projections E in contact and engagement with the upper one of the projections e e on plate 6, as stated, and the top of the lever 0 coming in contact with the arm f of stop F such movable stop is thereby maintained in position, so that the post f will remain in place to reverse the position of the plate 6 from the one indicated by the dotted lines to the one illustrated by the full lines in such Fig. 6. The lower one of the projections e 6 will then be in operative position for the next downward movement of the lever O. Stop F consists of the plate or arms f, pivoted to frame A by pin or bolt f, and pin f extending into the path of projection e on plate 6.

Adjustable stop G consists of thumb-wheel g and disk g rigidly secured to shaft or post G, post g extending into the path of projection 6 on plate e, and disk 9 on post 9 Post G has screw-threads thereon, and post 9 has a hole in the end thereof adjacent to post G, in which hole are screw-threads correspondin g with. those on the post G. Post g is non rotatable, and hence by turning the post G by thumb-wheel g the disks g g are brought into close contact with side a of frame A, and such stop is thereby maintained firmly in its adjusted position.

To enable me to raise the roller 1) from contact with roller 1) or from contact with the paper extending between the rollers whenever desired I rotatably mount shaft B in crankarms J J, such crank-arms being respectively pivotally mounted in standards J J by pins or projections j j. nected together by tie J which tie may be and preferably is constructed of properly bent w1re.

Having thus fully described the mechanism by means of which the automatic movement of the paper in the machine is obtained, as well as the means provided for the movement of such paper at any time by hand, I will now proceed to describe the mechanism by which the strips of paper extending through the machine in the operation thereof from the rolls employed are cut into sheets.

K is an adjustable bar, on the under side of which the strips of paper extend as the same are drawn through the machine by the feed-rollers b b.

k k are the screws by which bar K is'secured in place.

Crank-arms J J are con-- K is a cutting-bar secured in place on the upper side of bar K by screws 7& 76 in slots 70 respectively.

70 is a rod having upturned ends fitting loosely into holes provided therefor in bar K. 7t" extends underneath and parallel with the bar K, and paper to be stored in the machine is designed to be extended under the rod 70, while paper to be delivered to the operator of the machine is designed to be extended between the under side of the bar K and the rod 7.5.

L is a bar of substantially the shape known as a bell-crank, pivotally secured to operating-lever O by pivot l.

L is a cutting-blade pivotally secured to the frame A by pin or pivot Z, and L is a link pivotally secured at one end by pivot Z to bell-crank L and at its other end by pivot Z to cutting-blade L.

L is a projection on link L in position to come in contact with the end adjacent thereto of the bell-crank L when such bell-crank and link are in the position thereof illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

L is a spring yieldingly holding cuttingblade L in the position illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Bell-crank L and link L constitute what is termed a toggle-joint.

M is a stop having on the upper end thereof elastic cushion m.

M is an adjustable stop or trip secured in projection on, and M is an elastic cushion on the end of the projection or abutment on.

When the cutting-blade L is in the position illustrated in Figs. 1. and 3 and the operatinglever C is in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, the end of the bell-crank L adjacent to link L is in contact with cushion M on projection on. hen the lever O is depressed from the position thereof illustrated in Fig. 1 to the position illustrated by full lines in Fig. 2, bellcrank L and link L are thereby drawn into substantially the positions illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the pivot joining them together being to one side of the line Z", Fig. 2, extending from pivot Z to pivot Z and the projection L in contact with the end of bell-crank L adj aeent to link L \Vhen the several parts are in this position the raising of the lever G will raise the cutting-blade L, and such cuttingblade as raised is pressed against the cutting-bar K in a manner to cut in a shearing way the paper which has been fed through the feed-rollers b b of the machine to in front of the cutting-bar K. To hold the cuttingblade L against the cutting-bar K, I place springguide L in frame A in position to engage with the end of the cutting-blade L. As the lever O is raised in the operation of the machine, raising therewith the cutting-blade L, as last above described, the end of the bell-crank L adjacent to the trip M is brought in contact therewith, and thereby the bellcrank L is turned 011 its fulcrum (pivot Z) until the pivot l is brought to the right of line Z as viewed in Fig. 2, when by the action of spring Z the bell-crank L, link L and cutting-blade L are brought into the position thereof illustrated in Fig. 1that is, into their initial positionand ready to be again operated. lVhen, however, the lever O is not,

brought upward a sufficient distance to trip the bell-crank L on the trip M and is again depressed, but not to its fullest extent, the cutting-blade L is moved in unison with the movement of such lever G.

I will now proceed to describe the modification illustrated in Fig. 7, lettered N, and forming a connection which may be substituted for the connection E between levers C and D.

N is an escapement pivotally secured to lever D by pin 07..

n "n are the ends of escapement N adapted to be brought alternately into operative or engaging position with the lever O, and the one of such ends in such operative position is in the path of the lever O and the movement of such lever C brings the edges a N of the lever alternately into contact and engagement therewith, respectively.

n is an abutment on the side of lever D, into which the pin 42 extends.

n is a post in the path of which stops F and Gr extend.

The operation of the modification illustrated in Fig. 7 is substantially the same as is the operation of connection E, and no de scription thereof is required.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a rotatable shaft with a feed-roller and a thumb-wheel rigidly mounted thereon, driving mechanism connected to such feed-roller shaft and arranged to actuate the feed-roller in a forward direction, ahandle, a lever actuated by the handle, a reversible connection mounted on the lever and engaging with the feed-roller-driving mechanism, such connection by its reversal alternately connecting the lever with the feed-rollendriving mechanism in the forward and backward movement of the lever, and such connection when connecting the lever and the feed-roller-driving mechanism in the forward movement of the lever not connecting them in the forward movement of the feedroller-driving mechanism or the backward movement of such lever, and when connecting them in the backward movement of the lever not connecting them in the backward movement of the feed-roller-driving mechanism or the forward movement of such lever, means for reversing the connection at a determined position of the leverin its forward movement, and means for returning the connection to its initial position by the return of such lever to its initial position; whereby when the lever is in its initial position the feed-roller may be turned forward by the thumb-wheel and when the lever has been moved forward to reverse the connection the feed-roller can be turned backward by such thumb-wheel, without disturbing the relation of the lever, the feedroller-driving mechanism and the connection substantially as described.

2. A lever pivotally secured at one end thereof to a frame, a frame, a second and operating lever pivotally mounted to the frame, a connection between the levers, and stops, one whereof is adjustable, secured to the frame, against which stops the connection is carried by the movement of the levers and by which the connection is brought out of operative position for further movement and placed in operative position for reverse movement; substantially as described.

3. A lever pivotally secured at one end thereof to a frame, a frame, a second and operating lever pivotally mounted to the frame, a connection between the levers, such connection consisting of a movable plate mounted on one lever and having abutments thereon arranged to alternately be in operative position relative to engagement with the other lever, and stops on the frame against which the movable plate is brought in the move ment of the operating-lever; substantially as described.

4. The combination of a frame, an operating-lever and an auxiliary lever mounted in the frame, a connection mounted on one of the levers arranged to be alternately in position to engage with the other lever so that movement of the operating-lever in one direction will move the auxiliary lever along therewith and movement of such operating-lever in the other direction will not move such auxiliary lever, and an adjustable stop arranged to trip such connection at a determined point in the downward movement of the operating-lever; substantially as described.

5. The combination of a frame, an opera-ting-lever and an auxiliary lever mounted in the frame, a connection between the levers arranged to be alternately in position so that downward movement of the operating-lever will produce downward movement of the auxiliary lever and upward movement of such operating-lever will not produce upward movement of the auxiliary lever and then, when such connection is tripped, upward movement of the operating-lever will produce upward movement of the auxiliary lever and downward movement of the operating-lever will not produce downward movement of the auxiliary lever, and means for tripping such connection at each end of the desired movement of the auxiliary lever; substantially as described.

6. The combination of a frame, an operating-lever and an auxiliary lever mounted in the frame, a connection mounted on one of the levers arranged to be alternately in position to engage with the other lever so that movement in opposite directions of the operatinglever will produce corresponding movement of the auxiliary lever, and a stop arranged to alone is brought in contact therewith not to trip such connection; substantially as described.

7. In an autographic register, a cutting-bar and a cutting-blade in combination with an operating-lever, mounted in the frame, a bellcrank mounted on the operating-lever, a link connected to the bell-crank and to the cuttingblade, and a stop mounted in the frame again st which the bell-crank, at one end thereof, is brought in contact in the raising of the operating-lever and by which such bell-crank is tripped, substantially as described.

8. In an autographic register, the combination of a cutting-bar and a cutting-blade, a spring yieldingly holding the cutting-blade away from the cuttin g-bar, an operating-lever, a spring yieldingly holding the operating-le- Ver in a determined and initial position, a bellcrank mounted on the operating-lever, a link connected to the bell-crank and to the cutting blade, such bell-crank and link arranged to form a knuckle-joint when the cutting-blade and the operating-lever are both in their extreme, or nearly so, downward position, and a trip against which the bell-crank is brought in the upward movement of the operatinglever and by which the knuckle joint is opened and the cutting-blade permitted to be brought into its downward position by the resiliency of the spring attached thereto while the operating-lever remains in its upward position; substantially as described.

9. In an autographic register, a movable operating-lever and a movable auxiliary lever, a reversible connection mounted on the operating-lever and engaging with the auxiliary lever, and a movable stop having an arm extending into the path of the reversible connection and such stop being in the path of the auxiliary lever, whereby upon both the auxiliary lever and the reversible connection being simultaneously brought into contact with the stop the connection is reversed while upon the connection alone being brought in contact therewith such connection is not reversed; substantially as described.

10. The combination of an operating-lever and an auxiliary lever movable in parallel planes, cutting mechanism connected to and actuated by the operating-lever and feed mechanism connected to and actuated by the auxiliary lever, a reversible connection mounted on the operating-lever and engaging with the auxiliary lever, and abutments on the frame of the machine against which the reversible connection is brought in contact by the movement of the operating-lever and thereby such connection is reversed; substantially as described.

11. The combination of an operating-lever and an auxiliary lever, a connection between the operating-lever and cutting mechanism, minecl portion of the movement of such opera connection between the auxiliary lever ating-1ever; substantially as described. and feed mechanism, connecting mechanism mounted on the operating one of the levers, FRED \V. TOBEY. and means for disconnecting such connecting In presence ofmechanism, whereby the auxiliary lever is CHARLES TURNER BROWN,

moved by the operating-lever along a deter- ISAAC S. DEMENT. 

